DeCA initiates internal recall of Tums Ultra Peppermint Antacid Tablets

The Defense Commissary Agency is initiating an internal recall of Tums Ultra Peppermint Antacid Tablets because some of the products may contain foreign contaminants, according to a recall notice from the Defense Commissary Agency’s food safety office sent Dec. 5. DeCA is only impacted by one lot number which only involves specific stores supplied by our MDV distributor.

The Defense Commissary Agency has publicized this recall to all its stores, said Richard Stith, Chief, Public Health Division, DeCA headquarters at Fort Lee, Virginia. Whenever a commissary has recalled or withdrawn products in its inventory, they are immediately removed from store shelves.   

The following product is affected by this recall:

Tums Ultra Peppermint Chewable Tablets, 72 count: UPC 30766074585 with lot code 0135-0228-06.

The recall only affects the following commissaries:

MCLB Albany
Arnold AFB
Barksdale AFB
Camp Merrill
Charleston AFB
NWS Charleston
Columbus AFB
Eglin AFB
Fort Benning
Fort Gordon
Fort Jackson
Fort Polk
Fort Rucker
Fort Stewart
NCBC Gulfport
Gunter AFB
Hunter Army Airfield
Hurlburt AFB
NAS Jacksonville
Keesler AFB
NAS Key West
NSB Kings Bay
Little Rock AFB
Macdill AFB
Maxwell AFB
NS Mayport
NAS Memphis
NAS Meridian
Moody AFB
NAS New Orleans
MCRD Parris Island
Patrick AFB
NAS Pensacola
Redstone Arsenal
Robins AFB
Shaw AFB
Tyndall AFB
NAS Whiting Field
 

Customers should return the recalled product to the commissary of purchase for a full refund.